TRAILER
SYNOPSIS
Theatrical | 2020 | 98min
Australian journalist and filmmaker Yaara Bou Melhem makes her documentary feature debut with a work as creative and visionary as the artist she has chosen to depict.
US artist Trevor Paglen is renowned for his audacious projects, and his latest is no exception. Unseen Skies follows Paglen as he attempts to launch an artwork into space, to demonstrate that our skies are more than the exclusive playground of the military-industrial complex.
Or are they?
When we look up, who is looking back?
Unseen Skies was written, directed & co-Produced by Yaara Bou Melhem for IN Films.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
World Premiere – Official Selection
Finalist – Best Documentary Feature Award
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2021
Finalist – Documentary Foundation Award – Best Documentary
CPH:DOX FESTIVAL 2022
European Premiere
MILLENNIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY FESTIVAL, WARSAW
Official Selection
Finalist – Canon Cinematography Award – Best Cinematography
APRA AWARDS 2023
Finalist – Best Original Soundtrack
AACTA AWARDS 2022
Finalist – Best Sound
WORLD CONGRESS OF SCIENCE & FACTUAL PRODUCERS 2022
Finalist – Most Innovative Factual Program
DOC EDGE NEW ZEALAND 2022
Official Selection
Finalist – Best Documentary Feature Award
FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Official Selection
LO SCHERMO DELL’ARTE 2022
Official Selection
HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS & FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Official Selection
FEDERATION SQUARE FESTIVAL MELBOURNE 2022
Official Selection
DART FESTIVAL BARCELONA 2022
Official Selection
BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Official Selection
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KEY CREDITS
Writer, Director & Producer
YAARA BOU MELHEM
Producer
IVAN O’MAHONEY
Cinematographer
TOM BANNIGAN ACS
Editors
FRANCISCO FORBES
Music
HELENA CZAJKA
Executive Producers
IVAN O’MAHONEY
NIAL FULTON
SCREEN AUSTRALIA in association with SCREEN NSW
DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA, SHARK ISLAND PRODUCTIONS and MIND THE GAP FILMS
an IN FILMS production
DISTRIBUTION
Magnolia Pictures International
Utopia Films (United States)